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Rowdy (by Pirate) Water de-cheating drill

Rowdy has finished swimby and we are now working on de-cheating water. The Lardy next step
is water de-cheating singles but my ponds don't lend themselves to this. So we are improvising. I will have to load up and go to Akermans soon. We are not there yet but making progress. Can you tell which line he got in trouble on? On the last retrieve return, Howard is probably thinking why doesn't he handle. Then I did. What a great over!http://s868.photobucket.com/user/way...8999a.mp4.html

That's a Tune-up drill (Tune-up #1) as I learned it. Looks like he's doing well, but it also looks like he would be challenged a bit more by your moving to the left a bit on the latter blinds.

Evan

"Prepare your dog in such a manner that the work he is normally called upon to do under-whelms him, not overwhelms him." ~ Evan Graham“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”

I go along with Evan, I think it's better to make the pond slices thinner by moving to left on each send. Also, my dogs are two sided so I'd be sending on all of these from the right hand side. But, he's doing well and staying wet.

I was wondering what the first time you did this looked like?

I am almost ready to start it with my youngster. We are almost finished with swim bye now but we're expecting more snow. Probably won't finish swim bye until next week and start on this similar tune up right after.

Howard NiemiYou really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013

Now that you mention it, I should have been using the right side more. I am going to start moving to the left.
The first time had lots of casts to the bumpers and on the way back, lots of over and back casts.

I go along with Evan, I think it's better to make the pond slices thinner by moving to left on each send. Also, my dogs are two sided so I'd be sending on all of these from the right hand side. But, he's doing well and staying wet.

I was wondering what the first time you did this looked like?

I am almost ready to start it with my youngster. We are almost finished with swim bye now but we're expecting more snow. Probably won't finish swim bye until next week and start on

St. Thomas, the great doctor and theologian, warns about the proper use of animals, lest they appear at the final Judgment against us: and God himself will take vengeance on all who misuse his creatures.

16 months today. We just had ice out on the small ponds. Bigger ponds and lakes are still iced over. Our water force and swim by are behind what they should be.

Howard NiemiYou really gotta be careful about how high a pedestal you put your method, your accomplishments, your dog on. There's usually someone who's done more, somewhere. And they may have used a different method than you did! Chris Atkinson 2013

Thanks Howard and Evan, I re-ran the drill this morning. I put Rowdy on my right side and after each send I moved a few steps to the left. It went very well. By the last send I was running parallel and just a few feet off the shore.
I was going to video but my battery was too low. I will charge and try again in a few days.